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Bean, JP, Singing from the floor: a history of British folk clubs London: Faber & Faber, 2014. xxii, 426 pp. ISBN 9780571305452 (pbk.). Irish content
Boran, Pat, & Gerard Smyth, eds, If ever you go: a map of Dublin in poetry & song, Dublin: Dedalus Press, 2014. xxvi, 371 pp. ISBN 9781906614874 (pbk.)
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Carolan, Nicholas, ‘Uilleann pipers at fatal burning of dancer, Co Offaly, 1841’ in An píobaire vol. 10, no 2 (Apr. 2014), pp. 16–19
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Ducke, Stephen, Tin whistle: a complete guide to playing Irish traditional music on the whistle, Theus, France: Tradschool, 2012 . CD-ROM edition
Finnegan, Fergus, ‘Tribute to Lorcan Dunne (1934–2014)’ in An píobaire as above, p. 11. Obituary
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Ó Bréartúin, Mícheál, Charles Vallancey 1725–1812: ginearál, innealtóir agus ‘scoláire Gaeilge’, Dublin: Coiscéim, 2009. viii, 112 pp. (pbk.)
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